Swinney (1979) found that close associates of both meanings…
Swinney (1979) found that close associates of both meanings of an ambiguous word are always primed in an immediate lexical decision task. For example, right after encountering the ambiguous word “bug” research participants were quicker to recognize both “ant” (a close associate of the insect meaning of “bug”) and “spy” (a close associate of the listening device meaning) regardless of the context. This supports the _____ model of how we access the appropriate meaning of an ambiguous word.